2007-01-02 01:38:46 · 14 answers · asked by Dejan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Pros of XP Home:
Cheaper. Often comes with microsoft training courses on the CD. Intended for basic home use on PCs that are of the lower end.
Pros of XP pro:
Supports dual processors/dual core. Support joining domain servers. Has some other more advanced features intented for business software.
2007-01-02 01:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by Heh? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
XP Home is the basic or budget version of Windows. It's like when you buy a car with only the standard options. XP Professional, on the other hand, is the top-notch version with all the bells and whistles installed.
The extras that come with Professional are not really anything exciting, just tiny little things like being able to encrypt files, some extra account managment options, better optimization for laptops, etc,...
2007-01-02 01:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by Chip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows XP Home Edition gives you the freedom to experience more than you ever thought possible with your computer and the Internet. This is the operating system home users have been waiting for—because it offers serious speed and serious stability, so you can have serious fun. The Windows XP Home Edition operating system offers a number of new features that help you work smarter and connect faster to the Internet and with others. And the rock-solid dependability of Windows XP lets you work and play with more confidence than ever.
The features in the table below illustrate why the Windows XP Professional operating system is the best choice for businesses of all sizes. Windows XP Professional integrates the strengths of Windows 2000 Professional, such as standards-based security, manageability, and reliability, with the best business features of Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition, such as Plug and Play, simplified user interface, and innovative support services. This combination creates the best desktop operating system for business. Whether your business deploys Windows XP Professional on a single computer or throughout a worldwide network, this new operating system increases your computing power while lowering cost of ownership for desktop computers.
So basically I'm thinking...
Windows Home XP is more speed and stability for the whole family to use...for games and all that good stuff :)
and then Windows Professional is more for a work-at-home kinda thing where its more the programs and stuff thats the "priority"..ish
hope that somewhat helped ^.^
2007-01-02 01:47:52 · answer #3 · answered by iamwndyhello 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Windows XP Home does not include a user account interface and traditionally you cannot join it to a Windows NT or Active Directory Domain. Although there are some programs out there to do this.
2007-01-02 01:48:32 · answer #4 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
XP Professional has a few extra tools for running on a network, but they are virtually identical to the average user.
Unless there is something in XP Pro that you absolutely must have (unlikely) then it is just extra money for Bill Gates.
Anyone that tells you that XP Pro gives you any performance benefit whatsoever is an idiot that shelled out the extra cash so they could say they had XP Pro on their machine.
UPDATE: XP home will use a single dual-core processor exactly the same as XP pro. See 'idiot that shelled out extra cash so they could say they had XP Pro on their machine'.
2007-01-02 01:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by superfunkmasta 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simple
Home cannot:
Encrypt Files using EFS. ( you can still use other tools like True Crypt)
Join a domain ( a corperate network)
Use advanced file or user permissions (i only want bob to access this share or file; and this one everyone can read, but tim can change)
Serve Remote login (remote desktop)
And I belive has reduced IIS and network connections (its not a server, and unless you have like 10 computers all trying to get something at the same time, well who cares.)
It can only support one physical Proccessor. (P4 Hyper threading, and Dual core chips count as one per physical chip, not virtual chip.)
Some OEM copies (known: dell, HP) have no power users group. (Only need this once, for a very expensive HP jetdirect print server, so odds are you don't care if your not in a corperation.)
Home is inteneded to keep the price down for Home users, and let the corperations pay for what they need.
So unless your a geek, paranoid, or want to use your desktop from another computer (can be helpfull if you keep calling a geek to fix it), you only need home.
2007-01-02 02:07:38 · answer #6 · answered by Richard S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows XP Professional is for corporate use... with more security features. Windows XP is for the basic PC users. ^_^
2007-01-02 01:42:55 · answer #7 · answered by Cyberpaul 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The biggest difference is security. With Home, you can't have anything other than Simple File Sharing. You can't apply security to the shares. It is much more difficult to control what people do on your machine. There is better networking in Professional too. There are way too many differences to name on this board. That's just a couple.
2007-01-02 01:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by Kokopelli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No a lot, but the Professional Suite is designed for businesses and can be used on multiple computers. If you have any further questions, go to your local Best Buy or computer store and ask someone directly. Hope that helps!! Good Luck
2007-01-02 01:46:54 · answer #9 · answered by thelaundryfairy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Professional has things like database, web pages, spread sheets, office, power point, publication, templates, ect...(this helps college students and a program that allows help for teachers or others who are trying to create worksheets, calenders, flyers, ect...)
Home has basic things like, office, power point,
2007-01-02 01:55:38 · answer #10 · answered by kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋